Specimen Information

Eichhornia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes
(common water-hyacinth)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213679
GroupPlants
GenusEichhornia
Speciescrassipes
Common Namecommon water-hyacinth
StateFL
CountyPutnam
LocalitySt. John's River, near Edgewater, upstream of Palatka
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower St. Johns
HUC8 Number03080103
HUC10 NameDunn Creek-St. Johns River
HUC10 Number0308010304
HUC12 NameMurphy Creek
HUC12 Number030801030404
Map
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Collection Year1890
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayplanted ornamental
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10099
Author:O'Keefe, T.
Date:1976
Title:Hyacinth War.
Journal:The Florida Naturalist
Issue:Aug
Pages:10-14
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28302
Author:Webber, H.J.
Date:1897
Title:The water hyacinth, and its relation to navigation in Florida
Publisher:Division of Botany, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Volume:Bulletin No. 18
Pages:20 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:28300
Author:Youmans, W.J.
Date:1898
Title:Fragments of Science - A troublesome "water weed."
Journal:Appletons' Popular Science Monthly
Publisher:D. Appleton and Company
Volume:52
Reference 4
Ref. Number:28318
Author:Beaton, L., and M. Murphy-Hoffman.
Date:2015
Title:Beauty wasn't so beautiful
Publisher:Putnam County Historical Society
Issue:Spring
Pages:6 pp
CommentsLikely dispersed by pond owner into St. John's River
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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